BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Three of the armed ethnic Serbs who attacked police in northern Kosovo on Sunday morning have been killed and several others injured have been detained, Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti said on Sunday. “What we have learned so far, as we thought before, is that it is a professional terrorist/criminal structure [...
KAMPALA, Uganda, (AA) – Niger’s military administration has banned French aircraft from flying over the country’s airspace, according to the regional air safety organization, ASECNA. “Niger’s airspace is open to all national and international commercial flights except for French aircraft or aircraft chartered by France ...
PARIS (AA) – A Muslim student who had been turned away from school for wearing a kimono, a loose Japanese garment in France, has filed a complaint with the UN over being “discriminated against” due to her religious affiliation. The controversy over the French government’s stance against hijab in schools continues with many st...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Kosovo has slammed Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s speech to the UN General Assembly and claimed it was an attempt to distort history. ”I strongly condemn and reject entirely as untruths and attempt to distort history the statements concerning the Republic of Kosovo made by the president of Serbia...
Rich Islamic heritage of Spain, especially the legacy of Al-Andalus, is drawing Muslim tourists keen to explore this history MADRID, Spain – As the summer tourism season wraps up, statistics predict Spain will have welcomed 85 million international tourists this year, marking an impressive 16.4% increase from 2022. A significant chunk of...
Lawyer says ban is Islamophobic and is mainly directed against young women who are Muslims or perceived to be Muslims PARIS, France – A French court is hearing an appeal against a ban on the abaya, a loose-fitting, floor-length garment worn by some Muslim schoolgirls, in schools. A lawyer representing three unions of educational institut...
Funds had been frozen in December 2022 due to the interim Taliban administration’s ban on women working in non-governmental organizations BRUSSELS, Belgium – The EU has announced to release €140 million (nearly $150 million) in aid for education, healthcare, agriculture, and women’s economic advancement in Afghanistan. The fu...
Despite governmental rejection, approximately one in seven local authorities in England have embraced the debated definition of Islamophobia LONDON – In 2018, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on British Muslims proposed the U.K.’s first working definition of Islamophobia, framing it as a racism-rooted phenomenon targeting ...
Bones of victims were transferred from Srebrenica to Brcko city to be hidden under pool in private house, says Institute for Missing Persons BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia Herzegovina on Wednesday unearthed remains of a victim from the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica. The Institute for Missing Persons said that the remains were found in the ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The “world is changing” amid the emergence of a new international order and the “path is irreversible”, said Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi in his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Raisi, who arrived in New York on Monday, used the platform of the annual premier conference of world leaders […]...
